Review: ‘The Cobalt Sky (Sam Dyke investigations Book 10)’ by Keith Dixon

I was drawn to this book because the mystery at the heart of it concerns a painter, his idiosyncratic process, and a forgery of one of his works. I often enjoy crime novels and thrillers that are concerned with the theft of or search for artistic artefacts. Fortunately, this being the tenth in Dixon’s Sam

Dorset Year Book again

I also have a poem in the 2020 DYB: Sea blues (old and new) I was an exile from the sea for many years somewhere where no sea breezes could blow, no salt rime fog glass, no sand invade sandals and sandwiches. On this island Britain you cannot get further from the sea whichever way

Our contribution to The Dorset Year Book, 2020

The Society of Dorset Men issues the DYB annually. This year Emily King and I are in it with my story ‘Sea Foal’ and her illustration of same. In case you don’t fettle a copy, here is our contribution: Sea Foal I often walk along the Esplanade at night. I enjoy the sparkling necklace of